I'm new - tell me if I'm doing anything wrong!
[Mokuba is confused, lost and increasingly frustrated. He is also unsure of how exactly he has ended up here (wherever 'here' is), but is fairly sure that it isn't the Kaiba mansion. Which can mean only one thing.]
I don't know who you are, but I won't tell you ANYTHING! I've been kidnapped before LOADS, and I've never spilled any company secrets!
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I don't know who you are, but I won't tell you ANYTHING! I've been kidnapped before LOADS, and I've never spilled any company secrets!
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[Hearing the yelling, Lego followed the familiar voice until he stumbled over the source, only to stop short of seeing the smaller Kaiba.
There's a face he hasn't seen about here before!
And since he's coming up from the side, he's not noticing what he's wearing.]
What are you yelling about?
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And he's definitely not going to let such concerns stick when he's considering Mokuba's question, looking about the room.]
I think there's a couple Street Fighter and Tekken machines around that corner - last I checked. There's the racing games over here, too! Oh, and the classic Duck Hunt over there...
[-his guide might wander off on him looking about, if Mokuba's not careful.]
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Well. Maybe that second bit is still on his mind, but it's definitely on the back burner for now.]
Tekken sounds cool... [But his attention has been diverted. After all, zombies.] Hey, do you like House of the Dead? [Being the King of Games, incredibly powerful and well connected... ceases to matter. Mokuba is a twelve-year-old boy confronted by undead stuff to shoot.]
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[It's not his favorite but he's no Jounouchi with ghost-issues and it is a game so Lego's not going to be picky if it's something the new arrival wants to play.
But it's also been a while- if not TOO long given the game's not old in his world. (Which is why he spends a lot of his arcade time gawking at the games far beyond his time wow look at the graphics)
So he'll follow over to the House of the Dead console willing enough.]
This a favorite of yours?
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[It's not particularly dated in his world, either: in fact, it's very new, but the graphics don't stand out so much to Mokuba. Sure, they are good for their time - but his brother has been developing holograms of realistic capsule monsters.]
[He grabs plastic gun number one.] It's kind of like a compromise between me and my friend. She doesn't usually spend time at arcades, but she loves creepy stuff.
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[That came out without much thought, but creepy-love overrides the 'she' in his brain, especially in this place with a Puzzle-bearing-Mokuba reminding him of how things can be tweaked.
But he shakes his head and takes gun two, re-asking without assumptions.]
Which friend is that?
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Who's Bakura?
[The opening cut scene plays, but he's curious enough that he's more interested in talking.]
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[Yet another change, especially since he didn't remember the two ever even talking, save maybe about Bakura on the blimp, but he couldn't quite remember.
He keeps his gun at ready, but leans against the machine.]
He's a friend- he likes to run decks with zombies and dead things as his monsters, so it reminded me of him.
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He sounds kind of like Shizuka. Her capmon are all zombies and stuff, and she's really into necromancy.
[Oh, look, virtual undead things to kill. He takes aim.] Hey, seeing as this game's kind of easy, how about we handicap ourselves? One shot per zombie, aside from boss battles. It should be enough, 'cause there's two of us.
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[Given the sudden overlap of acquaintances in topic, it seemed like as good a point as any to bring up the fact they're homes are farther apart than may appear.
Especially since people are literally overlapping, by that description of Shizuka. Wait, does that mean Mokuba might like seeing Lego's favorite burger joint here? He never put Shizuka down as a lover of necromancy, at least.
But he's got to sideline that because the game timing is running out, and Mokuba's making things interesting.]
-they can die from two shots then? [He's frowning at the screen starting up, less from doubt than trying to consider options for a game he hasn't played near as religiously as others.] If you think it's doable, sure!
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[He can't imagine Shizuka somehow hiding a sibling from him, but then, she doesn't mention her family much, other than her mother, who never seems to be around very much.
As to that burger, 'like' would be an understatement.
Aiming at the firt zombie, he nods, not looking up.]
If you hit them right, yeah. Try for the head. [He grins.] But I'm warning you, I don't miss a shot!
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[Okay, that's gotta just be that they're still living far apart and having brought each other up or something because, no Jounouchi-kun? Even in another world-
That's got him frowning at the screen, the zombie, then jerking to life when the game actually starts with a laugh.]
Oh no worries, I believe you!
[And he might be slow to start from distractions and adjusting to the game, but he's done enough general shooters to pick up the ropes fast.]
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[He ignores the weirdness in favour of blasting the nearest zombie he can see. True to his word, he fires one shot, smirking as it hits dead on.
He's pretty absorbed, but if the Shizuka topic is pursued any further, his accuracy will degrade. Who knows - a big revelation might lead to him missing completely.]
Heh. You're good at this. Can't say I'm not surprised.
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But in an apparent preset breath in the action, Lego glances Mokuba's way, the screen still in his peripheral.]
No, after- But my Domino's older than yours. Or is it newer?
[Aw, the lack of phrasing for something like this.]
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Your Domino is different to mine? [The penny drops. He turns to ask another question and- oops. Shoots a civilian. After such a good round, too. It had been like playing with someone almost as good as he was...
Speaking of which, this is really embarrassing. Especially after showing off so much. To make up for it, he turns back to the game, not letting his concentration slip again.]
Tell me afterwards. [...He is definitely not looking at Lego again.]
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[But the virtual world is falling apart and he needs to focus on filling in the gap to shoot anything that slipped by with their attention.
So he barely hears the order, much less protests, continuing to tag up on sending that score up until the level's done, 'phoo'ing despite the lack of exertion involved.]
It might be awhile before I can explain, if we wait on this.
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